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neil tennant joins electronic for yet another classic. this was actually composed a good seven months before it became the group’s second and last top 10 hit in july 1992 (with tennant promoted to ‘official’ third member on the sleeve), and was played live during the group’s december 1991 dates. the song was given its title when tennant heard the music marr and sumner had written (based on a piano riff by marr’s brother) and was reminded of mylène farmer’s recent hit désenchantée, which he nominated as the song he “fell in love to” in a 1999 interview with randee dawn.

tennant: “the last time we toured, i met someone and fell in love with him, and we were touring in europe and kept hearing this record. so i bought the album, and i liked it so much that the following year i made a record with electronic called ‘disappointed’, and it includes the line ‘disappointed once more, disenchanted, encore’. my little tribute to mylène farmer.” the original mix by electronic is great but actually sounds more like a remix, and the 7" version by stephen hague is just about superior, with its melodic intro establishing the momentum early on. a magnificent way to end the first chapter of the electronic story.